Development of bilingual phonological awareness in Spanish-speaking English language learners: The roles of vocabulary, letter knowledge, and prior phonological awareness

Scientific Studies of Reading

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 535-564

  Anthony, Jason L ^a   Solari, Emily J ^a   Williams, Jeffrey M ^a   Schoger, Kimberly D ^a   Zhang, Zhou ^a   Branum Martin, Lee ^b   Francis, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

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EID: 70549106692     PISSN: 10888438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888430903034770     Document Type: Article

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